Skip to Content Facebook Feature Image

Lowe, Carlson spark Rays to a 6-4 victory over Cardinals to avoid a sweep

Sport

Lowe, Carlson spark Rays to a 6-4 victory over Cardinals to avoid a sweep
Sport

Sport

Lowe, Carlson spark Rays to a 6-4 victory over Cardinals to avoid a sweep

2024-08-09 11:16 Last Updated At:11:21

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Brandon Lowe hit a two-run homer and former Cardinal Dylan Carlson drove in two runs to help the Tampa Bay Rays avoid a series sweep by beating the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4 on Thursday night.

Lowe has hit seven home runs, nine doubles and has 18 RBIs in his last 26 games. He has driven in a run in five consecutive games, tying a career high.

More Images
Tampa Bay Rays relief pitcher Pete Fairbanks throws during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

Tampa Bay Rays relief pitcher Pete Fairbanks throws during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

Tampa Bay Rays' Brandon Lowe, right, runs the bases after hitting a two-run home run off St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher JoJo Romero during the seventh inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

Tampa Bay Rays' Brandon Lowe, right, runs the bases after hitting a two-run home run off St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher JoJo Romero during the seventh inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

St. Louis Cardinals' Paul Goldschmidt hits an RBI single during the third inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

St. Louis Cardinals' Paul Goldschmidt hits an RBI single during the third inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Paul Goldschmidt catches a foul ball for an out by Tampa Bay Rays' Curtis Mead during the fourth inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Paul Goldschmidt catches a foul ball for an out by Tampa Bay Rays' Curtis Mead during the fourth inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

St. Louis Cardinals' Masyn Winn, left, gestures toward the dugout after hitting a ground rule double during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

St. Louis Cardinals' Masyn Winn, left, gestures toward the dugout after hitting a ground rule double during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher JoJo Romero throws during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher JoJo Romero throws during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

Tampa Bay Rays right fielder Dylan Carlson, right, catches a fly ball in front of Jonny DeLuca, left, for an out against St. Louis Cardinals' Paul Goldschmidt during the fifth inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

Tampa Bay Rays right fielder Dylan Carlson, right, catches a fly ball in front of Jonny DeLuca, left, for an out against St. Louis Cardinals' Paul Goldschmidt during the fifth inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

Tampa Bay Rays' Yandy Diaz hits a sacrifice fly during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

Tampa Bay Rays' Yandy Diaz hits a sacrifice fly during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

Tampa Bay Rays relief pitcher Richard Lovelady throws during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

Tampa Bay Rays relief pitcher Richard Lovelady throws during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

Tampa Bay Rays' Curtis Mead, left, congratulates teammate Brandon Lowe after Lowe hit a two-run home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

Tampa Bay Rays' Curtis Mead, left, congratulates teammate Brandon Lowe after Lowe hit a two-run home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

“You have to understand it's a very difficult game at times,” Lowe said. “It's a very fun game at other times. Never think you know too much or that you've got it figured out.”

Ben Rortvedt added three hits for the Rays.

Nolan Arenado drove in a run, scored twice and had three hits for St. Louis. Arenado is 12 for 30 in August with three doubles and six RBIs. Paul Goldschmidt drove in two runs for the Cardinals.

“This is a frustrating one. I feel like we played a pretty clean game,” St. Louis manager Oliver Marmol said. "We took some really good at-bats, especially giving up two in the first and then coming right back. Sometimes baseball just happens.”

Richard Lovelady (3-4) pitched one inning for the win and Pete Fairbanks, a St. Louis native who pitched at Missouri, pitched the ninth for his 22nd save in 24 opportunities.

“I treated it like it's any other place,” Fairbanks said about pitching at Busch Stadium where he threw in high school and college. “I was thinking to myself if I'm getting in this game we've got to score five runs and then Lowe hits a pop. So, I'll take it. I think I would have been frustrated if I hadn't gotten to pitch here. So, it's nice to put an ‘S’ in the record book.”

JoJo Romero (5-2) took the loss.

Kyle Gibson pitched six innings, allowing two runs on six hits and a walk.

Shane Baz threw 4 1/3 innings giving up four runs on six hits and two walks.

The Rays scored three runs in the seventh. Yandy Díaz drove in a run with a sacrifice fly before Lowe's homer that just cleared the wall and the glove of leaping center fielder Victor Scott II.

“Every single part of me just went straight to the worse,” said Lowe, who moved into third place in Rays history with 119 career homers. “I was pretty happy when I saw the umpire signal. It all worked out.”

Tampa Bay added a run in the ninth on José Caballero's single.

Arenado and Brendan Donovan had run-scoring hits as St. Louis took a 3-2 lead in the first. Goldschmidt drove in a run with a two-out single in the third.

Carlson drove in two runs with a two-out single to right in the first.

“It definitely felt good to come through with runners in scoring position," he said. “We wanted this one.”

The Rays were 1 for 23 with runners in scoring position in the previous two games.

“That would have been a real frustrating first inning if we had not capitalized on getting runners on second and third with no outs,” Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said. “That was big hit that set a tone for us.”

TRANSACTIONS

The Rays optioned RHP Hunter Bigge to Triple-A Durham.

TRAINING ROOM

Rays: LF Josh Lowe (right knee contusion) left the game after the top of the first. He fouled a ball off his right leg before striking out. Kameron Misner, a Missouri native, replaced him. … Reinstated LHP Richard Lovelady (left forearm flexor strain) from the 15-day IL.

Cardinals: RHP Riley O’Brien (right forearm flexor strain) tossed a scoreless inning Wednesday at Triple-A Memphis. He threw 10 pitches.

UP NEXT

Rays: RHP Zack Littell (5-7, 4.06) against visiting Baltimore RHP Zach Eflin (7-7, 4.05) on Friday.

Cardinals: RHP Miles Mikolas (8-9, 5.12) against Royals RHP Michael Lorenzen (5-6, 3.69) in Kansas City on Friday.

__

Tampa Bay Rays relief pitcher Pete Fairbanks throws during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

Tampa Bay Rays relief pitcher Pete Fairbanks throws during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

Tampa Bay Rays' Brandon Lowe, right, runs the bases after hitting a two-run home run off St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher JoJo Romero during the seventh inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

Tampa Bay Rays' Brandon Lowe, right, runs the bases after hitting a two-run home run off St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher JoJo Romero during the seventh inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

St. Louis Cardinals' Paul Goldschmidt hits an RBI single during the third inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

St. Louis Cardinals' Paul Goldschmidt hits an RBI single during the third inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Paul Goldschmidt catches a foul ball for an out by Tampa Bay Rays' Curtis Mead during the fourth inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Paul Goldschmidt catches a foul ball for an out by Tampa Bay Rays' Curtis Mead during the fourth inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

St. Louis Cardinals' Masyn Winn, left, gestures toward the dugout after hitting a ground rule double during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

St. Louis Cardinals' Masyn Winn, left, gestures toward the dugout after hitting a ground rule double during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher JoJo Romero throws during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher JoJo Romero throws during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

Tampa Bay Rays right fielder Dylan Carlson, right, catches a fly ball in front of Jonny DeLuca, left, for an out against St. Louis Cardinals' Paul Goldschmidt during the fifth inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

Tampa Bay Rays right fielder Dylan Carlson, right, catches a fly ball in front of Jonny DeLuca, left, for an out against St. Louis Cardinals' Paul Goldschmidt during the fifth inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

Tampa Bay Rays' Yandy Diaz hits a sacrifice fly during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

Tampa Bay Rays' Yandy Diaz hits a sacrifice fly during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

Tampa Bay Rays relief pitcher Richard Lovelady throws during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

Tampa Bay Rays relief pitcher Richard Lovelady throws during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

Tampa Bay Rays' Curtis Mead, left, congratulates teammate Brandon Lowe after Lowe hit a two-run home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

Tampa Bay Rays' Curtis Mead, left, congratulates teammate Brandon Lowe after Lowe hit a two-run home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

President Donald Trump moved to end a decades-old immigration policy known as birthright citizenship when he ordered the cancellation of the constitutional guarantee that U.S.-born children are citizens regardless of their parents’ status.

Trump's roughly 700-word executive order, issued late Monday, amounts to a fulfillment of something he's talked about during the presidential campaign. But whether it succeeds is far from certain as attorneys general in 18 states and two cities challenged the order in court on Tuesday, seeking to block the president.

Here's a closer look at birthright citizenship, Trump's executive order and reaction to it:

Birthright citizenship means anyone born in the U.S. is a citizen, regardless of their parents' immigration status. People, for instance, in the United States on a tourist or other visa or in the country illegally can become the parents of a citizen if their child is born here.

It's been in place for decades and enshrined in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, supporters say. But Trump and allies dispute the reading of the amendment and say there need to be tougher standards on becoming a citizen.

The order questions that the 14th Amendment extends citizenship automatically to anyone born in the United States.

The 14th Amendment was born in the aftermath of the Civil War and ratified in 1868. It says: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”

Trump's order excludes the following people from automatic citizenship: those whose mothers were not legally in the United States and whose fathers were not U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents; people whose mothers were in the country legally but on a temporary basis and whose fathers were not citizens or legal permanent residents.

It goes on to bar federal agencies from recognizing the citizenship of people in those categories. It takes effect 30 days from Tuesday, on Feb. 19.

The 14th Amendment did not always guarantee birthright citizenship to all U.S.-born people. Congress did not authorize citizenship for all Native Americans born in the United States, for instance, until 1924.

In 1898 an important birthright citizenship case unfolded in the U.S. Supreme Court. The court held that Wong Kim Ark, who was born in San Francisco to Chinese immigrants, was a U.S. citizen because he was born in the country. After a trip abroad, he had faced denied reentry by the federal government on the grounds that he wasn't a citizen under the Chinese Exclusion Act.

But some advocates of immigration restrictions have argued that while the case clearly applied to children born to parents who are both legal immigrants, it’s less clear whether it applies to children born to parents without legal status.

Eighteen states, plus the District of Columbia and San Francisco sued in federal court to block Trump's order.

New Jersey Democratic Attorney General Matt Platkin said Tuesday the president cannot undo a right written into the Constitution with a stroke of his pen.

“Presidents have broad power but they are not kings,” Platkin said.

Not long after Trump signed the order, immigrant rights groups filed suit to stop it.

Chapters of the American Civil Liberties Union in New Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts along with other immigrant rights advocates filed a suit in New Hampshire federal court.

The suit asks the court to find the order to be unconstitutional. It highlights the case of a woman identified as “Carmen," who is pregnant but is not a citizen. The lawsuit says she has lived in the United States for more than 15 years and has a pending visa application that could lead to permanent status. She has no other immigration status, and the father of her expected child has no immigration status either, the suit says.

“Stripping children of the ‘priceless treasure’ of citizenship is a grave injury,” the suit said. "It denies them the full membership in U.S. society to which they are entitled."

In addition to New Jersey and the two cities, California, Massachusetts, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin joined the lawsuit to stop the order.

President-elect Donald Trump, from left, takes the oath of office as Barron Trump and Melania Trump watch at the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP)

President-elect Donald Trump, from left, takes the oath of office as Barron Trump and Melania Trump watch at the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP)

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

U.S. flags around the Washington Monument are at full staff during the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. Flags are supposed to fly at half-staff through the end of January out of respect for former President Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

U.S. flags around the Washington Monument are at full staff during the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. Flags are supposed to fly at half-staff through the end of January out of respect for former President Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

A young man reacts to information on how to prepare for the upcoming changes to undocumented families living in the U.S., Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

A young man reacts to information on how to prepare for the upcoming changes to undocumented families living in the U.S., Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Sonia Rosa Sifore and other anti-Trump protesters gather in Federal Plaza to rally for a number of issues, including immigrant rights, the Israel-Hamas war, women's reproductive rights, racial equality and others, on the day of President Trump's Inauguration, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Sonia Rosa Sifore and other anti-Trump protesters gather in Federal Plaza to rally for a number of issues, including immigrant rights, the Israel-Hamas war, women's reproductive rights, racial equality and others, on the day of President Trump's Inauguration, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

President Donald Trump signs an executive order on birthright citizenship in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

President Donald Trump signs an executive order on birthright citizenship in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Recommended Articles
Hot · Posts